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Fighting the pandemic – nurses around the world share their stories
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Fighting the pandemic – nurses around the world share their stories

There were not enough vaccines or protective equipment. And yet – nurses everywhere stood their ground. They kept showing up at work throughout the historic healthcare crisis. Vårdfokus brings their stories to you from seven different parts of the world.

22 oktober 2021
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USA: ”Nursing is in a revolution in this country, and it’s about time”

22 oktober 2021 Ashley Barnes and her colleagues in New York are done with being constantly short-staffed and devalued. They demand retention bonuses and more respect - otherwise they will walk out of the hospitals.
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Iraq: ”The sight of dying children and mothers is something I will never forget”

22 oktober 2021 Since the outbreak of the pandemic, anaesthesia nurse Akil Begdali in Iraq has been living in constant fear of infecting his family. He has been confronted with death every day.
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Australia: ”It would be awful if I infected my patients”

22 oktober 2021 Australian Sarah De Wolf has done everything she can to keep the infection away from her vulnerable cancer patients. She still avoids going shopping and meeting people. Anyone who is exposed to the infection is forced to quarantine - with additional pressure on already exhausted colleagues as a result.
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Lesotho: ”The journey to reach the unvaccinated was the toughest thing I have done”

22 oktober 2021 Through icy river water with heavy packing, Bokang Koaatsa and his nursing colleague have struggled to reach the most inaccessible places in Lesotho. The mission: To vaccinate as many people as possible.
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Argentina: ”The dressing room became our therapy couch”

22 oktober 2021 For Ingrid Perez in Argentina, the psychological pressure has been the most difficult aspect of the pandemic. After exhausting shifts with dying patients and frustrated relatives, the changing room became a therapeutic breathing space for her and her colleagues.
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Italy: ”I let go of my anger at work”

22 oktober 2021 After a tough first wave - and an even tougher second - the fight for Italian nurse Elena Cennoma today is largely about vaccination. Almost all her covid patients are unvaccinated, and for healthcare professionals it is a question of getting the injection or being sent home.
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India: ”The biggest reward is the gratitude in patients’ eyes”

22 oktober 2021 When India shut down at the beginning of the pandemic, local trains stopped running in Mumbai. For intensive care nurse Amruta Kambli, it suddenly took several hours to get to the hospital. Once there, she worked 12-hour shifts in difficult circumstances - something that makes her feel proud in retrospect.

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